Amend HB 2912 by adding a new SECTION to read as follows: SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 5, Water Code is amended by adding a new Subsection 5.2291 to read as follows: Sec. 5.2291. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. (a) In this section, "scientific and technical environmental services" means services, including but not limited to engineering services, of a scientific or technical nature the conduct of which require technical training and professional judgment. The term includes modeling, risk assessment, site characterization and assessment, studies of magnitude, source and extent of contamination, contaminant fate and transport analysis, watershed assessment and analysis, total maximum daily load studies, scientific data analysis, and similar tasks. (b) In contracting for scientific and technical environmental services, the commission shall follow the procedures for professional services selection provided the Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code.